the Yarn Report

okay, so I'm ready to make the sweater of DOOOOOOM!

It's called Durrow, and it's full of celtic knotwork cable goodness.

I decided to do this first sweater on inexpensive yarn, so I bought a bunch of Briggs & Little Heritage 100% wool. so the yarn cost me a bit under 30 bucks from the Sweet old ladies yarn store.

Then I went off to Ultra-Hip yarn store and bought a skin of 100% alpaca worsted in a creamy white to make myself another coif (or two) and bought circular needles size 0 dpns, a stitch holder, and some stich markers, and that came up to a bit over 50 bucks. (Hey, they were addi turbos. yeah, I spent 25 bucks on knitting needles. Hush.)

hey, I havn't tested these yet! (runs to get yarn)

my, they are fast. and smooth! and shiny chrome whoo! they will make my sweater good.

so I suppose I have to update my yarn report now -



danica entrelac scarf 95%

Cascade 220 100% wool, stash 100% wool. the last of the yarn ends and blocking. I decided to leave it the length it is, mostly because I want to move on.

alpaca coif 0.5%

just starting the I-cord. I want this for my portable project, as the sweater project is more an at-home thing.

Durrow sweater 0%

I have five skeins of yarn to wind. by hand. the sweet old lady yarn store doesn't have a ball winder set up like the Ultra hip yarn store does. Also, I want to double check my math, as I've scaled the pattern down.

Consigned to Stash and the doom of procrastination

lace alpaca scarf 0%

I just don't know what I want to do with this stuff, that's the problem. consigned to the stash until I figure it out.

wrap dress - about 40%.
Bernat Harmony 100% arcylic, aran wieght. front right panel, half the back, and one sleeve knitted. added a ribbing detail at the back for some extra shaping.

I hate this yarn so much that I don't know if I'll even manage to finish this. I've dropped it into storage, for the nonce - I'll do something about it later.

what I have learned - don't buy cheap synthetic yarn.

and the BOOT report -

I found a pair of boots.

They are not like the boots I said I wanted.

but that's okay. they have a fairly pointy toe, and it's a long point. they have stacked spanish cowboy heels. They come all the way up over my kneecaps. but instead of looking like overly tall cowboy boots, they are piratical. I swagger in them. I just about feel the cutlass swinging at my left hip. I want an eyepatch, a tricorne hat, mended lace cuffs and the constituional right to buckle my swash, wearing these things.

and the girls at the ultra hip yarn store were agog at them. agog, I say.